Browsing by Subject "Growth"

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    • A comparison of various methods for measuring breast density and breast tissue composition in adolescent ... 
      Kehm D., Rebecca; Walter, E. Jane; Pereira Scalabrino, Ana Inés; White, Melissa L.; Oskar, Sabine; Michels, Karin; Shepherd Ortega, John Alexander; Lilge, Lothar; Terry, Mary Beth (Nature, 2022)
      This study compared different approaches to measuring breast density and breast tissue composition (BTC) in adolescent girls (n = 42, aged 14–16 years) and their mothers (n = 39, aged 36–61 years) from a cohort in Santiago, ...
    • Effect of excessive gestational weight on daughters’ breast density at the end of puberty onset 
      López, Ana; Garmendia Miguel, María Luisa; Shepherd, John; Michels, Karin; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Pereira Scalabrino, Ana (Nature, 2020)
      The effect of excessive gestational weight gain (EGWG) is related to adverse health outcomes in the offspring; however, its effect on the daughters' breast density is unclear. We aimed to assess the association between ...
    • Genome-scale metabolic models of Microbacterium species isolated from a high altitude desert environment 
      Mandakovic, Dinka; Cintolesi, Ángela; Maldonado, Jonathan; Mendoza, Sebastián; Aite, Meziane; Gaete, Alexis; Saitua, Francisco; Allende, Miguel; Cambiazo Ayala, Liliana; Siegel, Anne; Maass Sepúlveda, Alejandro; González Canales, Mauricio; Latorre Mora, Mauricio (Nature, 2020)
      The Atacama Desert is the most arid desert on Earth, focus of important research activities related to microbial biodiversity studies. In this context, metabolic characterization of arid soil bacteria is crucial to understand ...
    • Manano oligosacáridos como prebióticos en acuicultura de crustáceos 
      Gainza, Oreste; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime (Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, 2017)
      Los prebióticos tienen el potencial de incrementar la eficiencia y sostenibilidad de la producción acuícola. Uno de los prebióticos más promisorios en acuicultura son los Manano oligosacáridos (MOS). Estos MOS son moléculas ...
    • Prepubertal Adiposity, Vitamin D Status, and Insulin Resistance 
      Cediel, Gustavo; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; López de Romaña, Daniel; Mericq, Verónica; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (Amer Acad Pediatrics, 2016)
      OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the following from prepuberty to the puberty-onset: (1) changes in serum 25-hydroxyvitamin-D (25[OH]D), adiposity, and insulin resistance (IR); (2) the effect of prepubertal adiposity on serum 25(OH)D ...